volcanology

English

Alternative forms

• vulcanology

Etymology

From French volcanologie, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcano +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɒl.kəˈnɒ.lə.dʒi/

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Noun

volcanology (uncountable)

1. The study of volcanoes.

Related terms

• volcanologist
• volcanic
• volcano

Translations

study of volcanoes

Azerbaijani: vulkanologiya Catalan: vulcanologia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 火山學／火山学 (zh) (huǒshānxué) Czech: vulkanologie (cs) f Danish: vulkanologi (da) c Dutch: vulkanologie (nl) f Esperanto: vulkanologio, vulkanoscienco Finnish: vulkanologia, tulivuoritiede French: volcanologie (fr) f Galician: vulcanoloxía (gl) f German: Vulkanologie (de) f Greek: ηφαιστειολογία (el) f (ifaisteiología) Hebrew: וולקנולוגיה (he) Irish: bolcáneolaíocht f Italian: vulcanologia (it) f Japanese: 火山学 (ja) (かざんがく, kazangaku) Kazakh: жанартаунама (janartaunama) Korean: 화산학 (hwasanhak) Latin: vulcanologia f Malay: kaji gunung berapi, vulkanologi Maori: mātai puia Norwegian: Bokmål: vulkanologi m Nynorsk: vulkanologi m Polish: wulkanologia f Portuguese: vulcanologia f Romanian: vulcanologie (ro) f Russian: вулканоло́гия (ru) f (vulkanológija) Spanish: vulcanología (es) f Swedish: vulkanologi (sv) c Turkish: volkanoloji (tr) Ukrainian: вулканоло́гія f (vulkanolóhija) Volapük: volkanav

Further reading

• volcanology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia